Artwork: Cyclops Vol. 1 & 2

The Cyclops series

Every summer for two weeks from the age of 6 to 16 my mom would haul us off to the interior country of rural Georgia. I started thinking about this "adventure" a few years ago. At the time I hated it, especially as a teenager. However, once I started to wax nostalgic about it, two weeks off the grid wandering though corn fields, pecan orchards, and secluded ponds sounded great. I thought if I could write a screenplay it would be about a photographer who goes back in time, only to photograph one brief moment. They couldn't change the past, just document events that are now only memory to the time traveler. While returning to the present a distortion of the images would take place - from hurdling through time. A faux narrative would be created, involving reassembling this new past.

My series Cyclops is this fictional, "one eyed" camera's distortion of present events as a metaphor of past memories. I am continuing my photographic exploration of southern moments, places and things; albeit a manipulated one. This new body of work, unlike my past work, is a distortion of past memory using multiple exposures, mirrored images, and layered images. Along with wax and resin, the final pieces will sometimes contain chalk, ash, and found "junk". The final presentation is a mimic of decay; the pieces like something found by a wanderer or traveler.

Some images published here are before final builtout pieces.

Photographs are archival. Photographs that are made into art pieces are mounted to a substrate. They hang like a painting. No framing needed.

Sales

Built pieces come in three sizes

24x30 $450.00 includes shipping

34x34 $750.00 plus shipping

36x48 $1200.00 plus shipping

All pieces ready to hang.

Stand alone C Prints

20x30 or20x20 only. $200.00 each plus shipping

Edition of 25 stamped on front and signed on back

contact d.dio774@gmail.com for more info.

Birmingham, AL (hold your life together on a string and a pray)

36x46

Anniston, AL (Altered States)

36x46

Artwork: HieroG V.1

This series explores the writing left behind by people on old found books. Multiple exposed images of various pages create a collage or the writing.

Sales

Stand alone C Prints can be purchased via ETSY @diodatestudio

22.5 x 30. $225.00 each plus shipping

Editions of 25 stamped on front and signed on back

contact d.dio774@gmail.com for more info.

Artwork: Throve and The Tourist

Artwork is a combination of my photography with wax and resin; some pieces include found materials such as handwriting, envelopes, maps, old books and fabric. The work is also painted, stained, and scraped to give a patina. The artwork's title is the place where photo was taken or series name.

Sales

Built pieces come in three sizes

24x30 $450.00 includes shipping

34x34 $750.00 plus shipping

36x48 $1200.00 plus shipping

All pieces ready to hang.

Stand alone C Prints of photograph

20x30 or 20x20. $200.00 each plus shipping

Edition of 25 stamped on front and signed on back

contact d.dio774@gmail.com for more info.

Some artwork represented has been sold or is unavailable.

Trove Series ( leaves that are green turn to brown)

30x40

Trove Series (mothra)

36x36

Birmingham, AL (1393)

24x24

Birmingham, AL (space for writing)

24x24

Lake Martin, AL (memory house)

18x20

Trove Series Cicada (study#1)

Trove Series #1036 (they will lead us to light)

Birmingham, AL (185)

24x24

Birmingham, AL (protect)

24x24

Tampa, Florida (anticipated moment)

24x24

Lake Manatee, FL (her friend)

24x48

Jacksonville, AL (our house)

16x20

The Tourist Series (Glory)

35x47

The Tourist Series (attempts)

24x36

The Tourist Series (blue notes to myself)

24x30

The Tourist Series (dedication)

18x24

TheTourist Series (draft)

The Tourist series (gracious friends)

16x23

The Tourist Series (alchemist)

24x36

Lincoln, AL (M is for)

16x24

Lincoln, AL (he doesn't)

12x18

Artwork: Perfect Imperfection

Artwork is a combination of my photography with wax and resin; some pieces include found materials such as handwriting, envelopes, maps, old books and fabric. The work is also painted, stained, and scraped to give a patina. Somework is built out to hang like a painting. The artwork's title is the place where photo was taken or series name.

Artwork represented has been sold or no longer available.

Stand alone Cprints of the photograph used in these pieces:

20x30 or 20x20 only. $200.00 each plus shipping

Edition of 25 stamped on front and signed on back

contact d.dio774@gmail.com for more info.

Atlanta, GA (insurgent)

41x41

Plant City, FL (3)

20x30

Tampa, FL (answer questions)

26x26

Birmingham, AL (fight)

10x10

Plant City, FL (and a letter to)

26x30

Birmingham, AL (a beautiful country)

26x26

Birmingham, AL (the superior)

26x28

Plant City, FL (good to you)

32x32

Charleston, SC (fought them)

26x26

Charleston, SC (of all things )

26x26

Birmingham, AL ( i completely )

22x28

Plant City, FL (1886)

30x30

Birmingham, AL (Queen Anne)

30x30

Birmingham, AL (time) edition 2

10x10

Plant City, FL (inertia of rest)

17x29

Flower Study #9361b (rural arithemtic)

Athens, GA (vocabulary)

11x18

Birmingham, AL (Jan 1931)

20x24

Tampa. FL (like ages ago)

16x23

Lincoln, AL (Love for Lincoln)

Birmingham, Al (fear of god)

8x12

Atlanta, GA (Nest 1)

Plant City, FL (wonderful to hear from you)

Birmingham, AL (question in my mind)

Birmingham, AL (whatareudoing)

Birmingham, AL (hope)

Birmingham, AL (where do you want to go?)

Birmingham, AL (Rose Marie)

Birmingham, AL (best wishes)

Birmingham, AL (golden spoon)

Plant City, FL (on your way home)

Plant City, FL (we may see you)

Plant City, FL (3)

Artwork: Naturalist

Photographs are archival, All photographs are made into works that are mounted to a substrate. They hang like a painting. No framing needed.

Sales

Built pieces come in three sizes

24x30 $450.00 includes shipping

34x34 $750.00 plus shipping

36x48 $1200.00 plus shipping

All pieces ready to hang.

Stand alone Cprints of photograph

20x30 or 20x20 only. $200.00 each plus shipping

Edition of 25 stamped on front and signed on back

contact d.dio774@gmail.com for more info.

Artwork: Memory Unfolded

Artwork is a combination of my photography with wax and resin; some pieces include found materials such as handwriting, envelopes, maps, old books and fabric. The work is also painted, stained, and scraped to give a patina. The artwork's title is the place where photo was taken or series name.